How to detect browser type and version in JSP or Servlet

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Asked by: kuku
Published on: 13:33/20.05.2008
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How can I detect the browser type and version in JSP file or Servlet? I'm mostly interested in FireFox and Internet Explorer versions.

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Answer by: xpert
Posted on: 13:33/20.05.2008
Rating: 2.3 from possible 5 with 3 votes



<%= request.getHeader("User-Agent") %>

When you request from FireFox above statement will result in:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

Then you can parse and extract info you need.

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